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Re:Reasonable Anger In Europe Over Ridiculous Copyright Exte... by ltamake on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @04:50PM (#2997813)
> Once dead, however, their works should transition to the public domain.

So we can make their work free once they're dead? That doesn't seem fair. What's wrong with something going into the public domain? It's not terrible.

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Re:Reasonable Anger In Europe Over Ridiculous Copyright Exte... by felipemnoa on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @07:36PM (#2998280)
Plus the chances of an "accident" occurring to the creator of very popular content increase.
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